Opinion

Sumud and children of Palestine

M Reza Behnam : A NATION that maims, kills and starves men, women and children is unlikely to survive. Also, leaders of nations who have aided in those atrocities will

IMF and World Bank: legacy in flux

by Humayun Kabir : MULTILATERAL donors and lenders are international financial institutions that provide loans and other forms of financial assistance along with policy support for developing countries. The institutions,

Using mathematics in climate change models

Sadia Sultana Rimi : CLIMATE change stands as one of the most pressing global challenges of the twenty-first century, with its impacts reverberating through both the natural environment and human

Economics of digital services

Abdullah A Dewan : In a stunning development that shook North American trade diplomacy, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States is ‘terminating ALL discussions on

Playing out a colonial tragedy

Lawrence Davidson : AT THE heart of the long-established structure of US foreign policy are powerful special interests (lobbies). Interests that are capable of substituting their parochial interest for national

Israel’s enduring pursuit of Palestinian disunity

Ramzy Baroud : ISRAEL is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine’s future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the ‘day after’ its genocide in Gaza. The latest, bizarre

My AI guilt

by Obaidul Hamid : THERE are certain things in our fast-changing world that occasionally give me a feeling of guilt, if not sinfulness. Artificial intelligence is one of them. This

A recipe for geopolitical decline

Abdullah A Dewan : THE July 7, 2025, letter from President Donald J Trump to Dr Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the government of Bangladesh, reads like a familiar